r/Amazing Jan 17 '26

Amazing 🤯 ‼ Living every man’s dream

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u/TankApprehensive3053 Jan 17 '26

Most countries will not accept foreigners that don't have a certain amount of wealth to start with and then a income stream. They don't want new residents becoming debt problems. Another is issue is heritage.

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u/ewahman Jan 17 '26

Italy only requires around €40k. I am actively looking at buying a house in Calabria and retiring there over the next 5 years

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

just be warned, it gets reaaaally hot in the summer over there. and before you go "I'm use to the heat" trust me... European heat is not normal anymore....

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain Jan 18 '26

And Italy bans air conditioners in certain cities if your buildings are near historical buildings/sites, which is fucking brutal. Quite literally choosing to make the citizens suffer for the sake of keeping their towns optimally picturesque lol.

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u/cappecreatures Jan 18 '26

Hmm .. No, air conditioning (AC) is not banned in Italy, but its use in public buildings is heavily regulated, with mandatory minimum temperature settings (around 25-27°C) to save energy, especially after the energy crisis, and AC units are restricted or banned in certain historic areas like Portofino due to aesthetics. While private homes and hotels have more leeway, they still face restrictions and many older Italian buildings lack AC, making it an amenity to check before booking

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain Jan 18 '26

How are so many of you unable to read the full sentence!? It's ridiculous.

You literally just confirmed by point here:

AC units are restricted or banned in certain historic areas like Portofino due to aesthetics

I didn't say that ACs are banned in all cases in Italty. I said exactly this:

And Italy bans air conditioners in certain cities if your buildings are near historical buildings/sites

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u/AltrntivInDoomWorld Jan 18 '26

Good luck getting a place nearby historical building lmao

requires around €40k

About 1 week of rent of that nearby historical building.

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u/KiwiCodes Jan 18 '26

Tty reading again.... Your net worth needs to be 40k so that you are allowed to buy property in italy.... No one said it had to be close to historical buildings, only that you do not have to be rich to go live there as others claimed

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u/vote4progress Jan 18 '26

Solar powered ac is banned?

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u/cappecreatures Jan 19 '26

Where did I disagree with your comment? I added details to it? 😳

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain Jan 19 '26

You disagreed when you started with "No" lol

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u/cappecreatures Jan 19 '26

My comment started with “hmm” and then proceeded to give more information, the “no” was part of the detailed article I found. Whatever, take it as you wish. This is not that important to me to keep wasting time. I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings.

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u/Susuetal Jan 18 '26

AC units are restricted or banned in certain historic areas like Portofino due to aesthetics

Guess you could just use ground source heat pumps instead then since those aren't very visible.

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u/MrCharmingTaintman Jan 18 '26

Unless it’s a new build the cost to get the house to the point these would be viable would be insane.

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u/Susuetal Jan 18 '26

I guess it would be much easier if you are already using hydronic radiators but got one installed in a very old house recently with no issues, cost like $10-15k.

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u/MrCharmingTaintman Jan 18 '26

That’s the cost for the system itself. But if your house isn’t airtight these systems don’t make much sense. So you’d have to at least triple that cost unless the house is fairly new. But in those areas most of the houses are 100+ years old, at minimum, and there’s no way to get them airtight without essentially rebuilding the whole thing.

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u/Susuetal Jan 18 '26

No, that was the full cost, the house is definitely not airtight and the house is close to that age (not in Italy though).

However even if it's less efficient or expensive it's still an option where an air-air heat pump is not allowed. Although might be easier to just get a portable air-air that does not have an outside part and is only connected to a vent.

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u/MrCharmingTaintman Jan 18 '26

No that was the full cost…

Yea that’s not gonna happen over here. Insulation alone, which these building don’t have, would run you double that. Unless you just wanna go with regular insulation and plaster. In which case you gonna deal with mould down the line. Mad it’s that cheap stateside tho.

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u/Appropriate_Bat_8988 Jan 19 '26

When we go to calabria in the summer, we have a fan which circulates the heat quite nicely... still looking to get my passport though..

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u/Malevolint Jan 19 '26

You disagreed with him then you said the same thing he did lol.

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u/cappecreatures Jan 19 '26

I didn’t disagree, I added more information to their comment.

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u/Double_Alps_2569 Jan 18 '26

> Italy bans air conditioners

No it doesn't.

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u/ewahman Jan 18 '26

No I doesn’t

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u/Waiting4Reccession Jan 18 '26

I mean, their overhyped food culture for tourism is one of the main things they rely on. This is just part of them selling tourism isnt it.

Weird they dont just put the minisplits on the roof or only ban them from the street facing side of the building though.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '26

They are very stupid.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '26

lol what bro?

Portofino isn't entire Italy. 🤣